Head for hammers and other tools.



NoAH s. Mo'sLEY, or roar wonTH, TEXAS.

HEAD FOB HAMHEBS AND OTHER TOOLS.

Sineoieatimrof Letters Patent.

Patented May 2S, 1918.

Application led July 18, 1917. Serial N0. 180,895.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, NOAH S. MosLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Worth, in the county of Tarrant and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Heads for Hammers'and other Tools, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to heads for hammers, hatchets, axes, adzes, and the like, andi theobject is to provide heads for such tools which can be. adjusted/to handles and securely attached thereto and to provide means by which the handles are prevented from becoming loose in the heads and to vprovide means for .ightening the handles in the heads. Other objects and advantages will be fully explained in the following description and the invention will be more particularly pointed out in the claims.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings Awhich form a part of this application.

Fi rure 1 is a side elevation of a hammer 'whic is provided with the improvements.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the head and a portion of the handle. Fig. 3 is an end view of the hammer with a part thereof shown in section. Fig. 4 is a side elevation ofthe dovetailed binder bar and a section of the strap. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a hammer, showlng a variation from the ham- -mer shown in the prevlous vlews.r

Similar characters of referenceware usedA to indicatev the same several views.

A hammer of ordinary type is shown. in the drawings. The hammer has a head 1 parts throughout the and handle 2. The head 1 has ah eye toreceive the tapered end 3` of the handle. The handle is secured inthe head 1 b, a block or cross-stay 4 which is dovetail into the head 1 and across the eye thereof. The ,end 3 ,isv tapered so that it can be wedged into the head 1 which has an eye which conforms in contour to the tapered end 3. The end of the handle is slotted to receive the crossstay 4. A screw 5 runs through the crossstay 4 into the handle 2 and draws the handle toward the cross-stay and thus tightens the handle in the head. The handle does not extend Hush with the outer edge of the crossstay,-leaving space for the handle to be tightened. A strap 6 is also used to aid in holding the handle and the head rigid with each other. The screw 5 may be run through the strap 6. as shown in liigs. 1 and 2, or the strap 6 may be used to bear against the screw 5, as Shown in Fig. 5. In the forms shown in Figs. l to 4 inclusive, the strapf and the icross-stay 4 may be made rigid with each other by countersinking the strap in the cross-stay. In order that the strap 6 may not interfere with the handle 2, the strap may be countersunk in the walls of the head above and below the handle, as 1 shown in Fig. 3. With such construction, the handle 2 will bear against the head at 7 so that the handle will be rigid with the head 1. The strap may be flush with the inner face of the eye in the head so that the handle may be tightened against the strap by means of the screw 5. forced into place by the screw .5, it can be secured t0 the handle 2 by a small bolt 8..

It is apparent that the handle can `be When the stay is l tightened in the head 2 if the handle should become loose. This-can be done by turning the screw 5. The'tapering form of the handle makes it feasible to tighten the handle. The end 9 of the handle may be trimmed olf slightly' 4and 'the' cross-stay.` 4. may be made Wear of the handle.

The improvements herein set forth are deeper' to take up usefulA forithe purposes above set forth and for many other urposcs, as for securil'ig the handles in piclis, securing the cuil'sv on swingle and double trees and on breast-yokes, and for securing the handles on other such tools as hoes and rakes.-

What I claim is,-4

1. A hammer comprising ayhead having a tapering eye, a handle havin a ta ring end ltted into said eye amMproJectin through said head, a cross-stay dovetail in said head and in said handle, said handle slot in the handle for the having a slot for said cross-stay deeper than the cross-stay, a strap countersunk in the inner walls of said eye andin the face of said crossstay, and a screw running through said strap and cross-stay and penetrating said handle for tightening said handle in said e e.

` 2. hammer comprising a head having n tapering eye, a handle having a tapering 5 said cross-stay an engging the end of Sad cross-stay and into said handle and coperating with said cross-stay, and means attaching-said strap to said handle. 10

testimony whereof, I set my hand this 2nd day of December, 1915. I

NOAH S. MOSLEY.v

handle and projecting through said eye, and a screw running through V:Amid strap c 

